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Chapter 2 Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization (done at Vienna on 2 September 2010)

[1]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 18 with attachment on consultation Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization done at Vienna on 2 September 2010, [2010] ATNIF 54, (Hereafter referred to as ‘NIA’) paras. 3-4.

[2]       NIA, para. 5.

[3]       NIA, para. 6.

[4]       NIA, para. 7.

[5]       NIA, para. 8.

[6]       NIA, para. 9.

[7]       NIA, para. 10.

[8]       NIA, para. 11.

[9]       NIA, para. 12.

[10]     NIA, para. 13.

[11]     At this time, there is one Australian representative on the International Academic Advisory Board – the Hon. Barry O’Keefe. Mr Gresham Street, Acting Director, Anti-Corruption Section, International Crime Cooperation Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 2.

[12]     NIA, para. 14.

[13]     NIA, para. 14.

[14]     NIA, para. 15.

[15]     NIA, para. 16.

[16]     NIA, para. 17.

[17]     NIA, para. 18.

[18]     NIA, para. 19.

[19]     NIA, para. 20.

[20]     Ms Maggie Jackson, First Assistant Secretary, International Crime Cooperation Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, pp. 2-3.

[21]     Mr Gresham Street, Acting Director, Anti-Corruption Section, International Crime Cooperation Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 3.

[22]     NIA, para 21.

[23]     NIA, para 22.

[24]     Ms Maggie Jackson, First Assistant Secretary, International Crime Cooperation Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 2.

Chapter 3 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for Co-Operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

[1]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 20 with attachment on consultation Agreement between the Government of Australia and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, (Date and place of signature to be confirmed), [2011] ATNIF 13, (Hereafter referred to ‘NIA’), para 1.

[2]       NIA, para. 1.

[3]        NIA para. 8.

[4]       NIA, para. 9.

[5]       NIA, para. 4.

[6]       NIA, para. 6.

[7]       NIA, para. 7.

[8]       NIA, para. 8.

[9]       NIA, para. 10.

[10]     NIA, para. 11.

[11]     NIA, paras. 13-14.

[12]     Dr Robert Floyd, Director-General, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 5.

[13]     NIA, para. 15.

[14]     NIA, para. 15.

[15]     NIA, para. 16.

[16]     U-235 enriched to 20 per cent or more is known as highly enriched uranium.  Highly enriched uranium is considered a special fissionable material and a direct use material. (NIA, para. 17.)  The fissile uranium in nuclear weapons usually contains 85per cent or more of uranium-235 known as weapon(s)-grade, though for a crude, inefficient weapon 20 percent is sufficient (called weapon(s) -usable). The Energy Library, <http://theenergylibrary.com/node/539> accessed 28 September 2011.

[17]     NIA, para. 18.

[18]     NIA, para. 19.

[19]     NIA, para. 20.

[20]     NIA, para. 21.

[21]     NIA, para. 21.

[22]     NIA, para. 22.

[23]     NIA, para. 23.

[24]     NIA, para. 24.

[25]     NIA, para. 25.

[26]     Dr Stephan Bayer, Director, Nuclear Security Section, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 8.

[27]     Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, Submission 4, p. 1.

[28]     Dr Robert Floyd, Director-General, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 9.

[29]     Dr Stephan Bayer, Director, Nuclear Security Section, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 7.

[30]     Dr Robert Floyd, Director-General, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 7.

[31]     NIA, para. 26.

[32]     Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 2, p. 2.

[33]     Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 2, p. 4.

[34]     Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 2, p. 2.  The quote from Vice President Al Gore is referenced to Guardian Weekly, 167 (25), 9-15 June 2006.

[35]     Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 3, p. 1.

[36]     Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 3, p. 1.

[37]     Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 3, p. 2.

[38]     Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 3, p. 3.

Chapter 4 International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (New York, 14 April 2005)

[1]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 21with attachment on consultation International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism done at New York on 14 April 2005, [2005] ATNIF 20, (Hereafter referred to as ‘NIA’) para. 3.

[2]       NIA, para. 4.

[3]       NIA, para. 8.

[4]       NIA, paras. 1-2.

[5]       Mr Peter Guinn Scott, Director, Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 15.

[6]       NIA, para. 5.

[7]       NIA, para. 7.

[8]       NIA, para. 10.

[9]       NIA, para. 11.

[10]     NIA, para. 13.

[11]     NIA, para. 15.

[12]     NIA, para. 16.

[13]     NIA, para. 17.

[14]     NIA, para. 18.

[15]     NIA, para. 19.

[16]     NIA, para. 21.

[17]     NIA, para. 22.

[18]     NIA, para. 24.

[19]     NIA, para. 25.

[20]     NIA, para. 9.

[21]     Mr Geoff McDonald, First Assistant Secretary, National Security Law and Policy Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 13.

[22]     Mrs Karen Horsfall, Principal Legal Officer, Security Law Branch, National Security Law and Policy Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 14.

[23]     NIA, para. 26.  This is the lead in paragraph of what is quite an extensive section in the NIA.

[24]     NIA, para. 37.

[25]     NIA, para. 38.

[26]     Mr Geoff McDonald, First Assistant Secretary, National Security Law and Policy Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 11.

[27]     Mr Geoff McDonald, First Assistant Secretary, National Security Law and Policy Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, pp. 13-14.

Chapter 5 Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (Rome, 29 December 2006) and Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (Auckland, 14 November 2009)

[1]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 23, Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (Auckland, 14 November 2009) [2010] ATNIF 5, (hereafter referred to as the Pacific Ocean Convention NIA), para. 9.

[2]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 24, Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (Rome, 29 December 2006) [2006] ATNIF 31, (hereafter referred to as the Indian Ocean Agreement NIA), para. 4.

[3]       Bureau of Rural Sciences, Glossary of Fisheries Terms, <http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/fisheries-marine/info/glossary>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[4]       The freedom of the high seas is codified in Article 87 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

[5]       Bureau of Rural Sciences, Distant Water Fishing Fleets, <http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/fisheries-marine/info/distant-fleets>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[6]       Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Treaties Database, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/treaties/index.html>, viewed on 2 November 2011.

[7]       Bureau of Rural Sciences, Fishery Status Reports 2009, 2010, p. 376.

[8]       Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Fishing and Carrier Permits Register, High Seas Register, < http://www.afma.gov.au/resource-centre/publications-and-forms/fisheries/public-registers/> Viewed on 17 October 2011

[9]       Ms Anna Willock, Director, International Fisheries, Sustainable Resource Management, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 21

[10]     United Nations, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Annex I, <http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf>, viewed on 2 November 2011.

[11]     United Nations, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 68, <http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf>, viewed on 2 November 2011.

[12]     United Nations, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 77, <http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf>, viewed on 2 November 2011.

[13]     Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (Rome, 29 December 2006) [2006] ATNIF 31, Article 1.

[14]     Bureau of Rural Sciences, Fishery Status Reports 2009, 2010, p. 375.

[15]     Bureau of Rural Sciences, Glossary of Fisheries Terms, <http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/fisheries-marine/info/glossary>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[16]     Bureau of Rural Sciences, Glossary of Fisheries Terms, <http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/fisheries-marine/info/glossary>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[17]     Pacific Ocean Convention, NIA, para. 6.

[18]     Orange Roughy is a deep sea, cold water species that grows to about 50cm in length and can live for up to 140 years.

[19]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 7.

[20]     Pacific Ocean Convention, NIA, para. 10.

 [21]    Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 4.

[22]     Bureau of Rural Sciences, Glossary of Fisheries Terms, <http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/fisheries-marine/info/glossary>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[23]     Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, The ecosystem approach to fisheries management, <http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/13261/en>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[24]     Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, The ecosystem approach to fisheries management, <http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/13261/en>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[25]     Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, The ecosystem approach to fisheries management, <http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/13261/en>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[26]     Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, The ecosystem approach to fisheries management, <http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/13261/en>, viewed on 17 October 2011.

[27]     Indian Ocean Agreement, Article 3.

[28]     Pacific Ocean Convention, Article 3.

[29]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 13.

[30]     Pacific Ocean Convention, NIA, para. 15.

[31]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 14.

[32]     Pacific Ocean Convention, NIA, para. 17.

[33]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 17.

[34]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 19.

[35]     Pacific Ocean Convention, NIA, para. 21.

[36]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 5.

[37]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 5.

[38]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 4.

[39]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 5.

[40]     Pacific Ocean Convention, NIA, para. 6.

[41]     Ms Anna Willock, Director, International Fisheries, Sustainable Resource Management, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 18.

[42]     Ms Anna Willock, Director, International Fisheries, Sustainable Resource Management, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 18

[43]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, para. 10.

[44]     Indian Ocean Agreement, NIA, Attachment on Consultation, para. 46.

[45]     Southern Indian Ocean Deepwater Fishers’ Association, Media Release July 2006, Fishing Companies Announce World’s First Voluntary Closures to High Seas Deep Water Trawling, <http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0607/SIODFAQA.pdf> Viewed on 25 September 2011.

Chapter 6 Air Services Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Czech Republic (New York, 24 September 2010) and Exchange of Notes constituting an Amendment to the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam relating to Air Services (done at Canberra on 31 July 1995) (Hanoi, TBA 2011)

[1]       Mr Stephen Borthwick, General Manager, Aviation Industry Policy Branch, Aviation and Airports Division, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 23.

[2]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 26 with attachment on consultation Air Services Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Czech Republic done at New York on 24 September 2010, [2010] ATNIF 43,. (Hereafter referred to as ‘NIA’), paras. 1-5.

[3]       NIA, paras. 7-8.

[4]       NIA, paras. 9-29.

[5]       NIA, para. 30.

[6]       Mr Stephen Borthwick, General Manager, Aviation Industry Policy Branch, Aviation and Airports Division, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 24.

[7]       NIA, para. 31.

[8]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 22 with attachment on consultation Exchange of Notes constituting an Amendment to the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam relating to Air Services (done at Canberra on 31 July 1995), Hanoi, TBA 2011, [2011] ATNIF 16. (Hereafter referred to as ‘NIA’), paras 1-4.

[9]       NIA, paras 5-6.

[10]     NIA, para 7.

[11]     NIA, paras 8-10.

[12]     NIA, para. 11.

[13]     Mr Stephen Borthwick, General Manager, Aviation Industry Policy Branch, Aviation and Airports Division, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, pp. 23-24.

[14]     NIA, para. 12.

[15]     Mr Stephen Borthwick, General Manager, Aviation Industry Policy Branch, Aviation and Airports Division, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, pp. 23-24.

[16]     Mr Stephen Borthwick, General Manager, Aviation Industry Policy Branch, Aviation and Airports Division, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, pp. 23-24.

Chapter 7 Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement to amend the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia concerning Space Vehicle Tracking and Communication Facilities of 29 May 1980, as amended (Canberra, TBA 2011)

[1]       National Interest Analysis [2011] ATNIA 25 with attachment on consultation Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement to amend the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia concerning Space Vehicle Tracking and Communication Facilities of 29 May 1980, as amended (Canberra, TBA 2011),  [2011] ATNIF 17, (Hereafter referred to as ‘NIA’), paras 3-5.

[2]       See the Canberra Deep Space Communication Centre website at <http://www.cdscc.nasa.gov/> accessed 14 October 2011.

[3]       NIA, para. 9.

[4]       See ‘Tracking Schedule’, <http://www.cdscc.nasa.gov/Pages/trackingtoday.html>, accessed 14 October 2011.

[5]       NIA, para. 10.

[6]       NIA, para. 11.

[7]       NIA, para. 3.

[8]       NIA, paras. 1-2.

[9]       NIA, paras. 9-12.

[10]     NIA, para. 7.

[11]     The previous iteration of this Exchange of Notes was reviewed by the Committee in 2010 and was covered in two reports: Report 109: Review into treaty tabled on 2 February 2010, <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/2february2010/report.htm> accessed 14 October 2011  and in Chapter 5 of Report 110: Review into treaties tabled on 18, 25 (2) and 26 November 2009 and 2 (2) February 2010 <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/25november2009/report1.htm> accessed 14 October 2011.

[12]     NIA, para 8.

[13]     Mr Mike Lawson, Division Head, Manufacturing Division, Department of Innovation, Science and Research, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 28.

[14]     NIA, paras 9-12.

[15]     NIA, para 4.

[16]     Mr Desmond McNicholas, Acting Director, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex and NASA Operations, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 29.

[17]     NIA, para. 5.

[18]     Mr Desmond McNicholas, Acting Director, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex and NASA Operations, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 32.

[19]     NIA, para. 5.

[20]     Mr Desmond McNicholas, Acting Director, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex and NASA Operations, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 30.

[21]     Mr Mike Lawson, Division Head, Manufacturing Division, Department of Innovation, Science and Research, Committee Hansard, 31 October 2011, p. 30.

[22]     NIA, para. 15.

[23]     NIA, para. 17.

[24]     NIA, para.. 16.

[25]     NIA, paras .18-20.

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